Veritas™ System Recovery 18 User's Guide: Linux Edition

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Product(s): System Recovery (18.0)
  1. Introducing Veritas™ System Recovery for Linux
    1.  
      About Veritas System Recovery 18 Linux Edition
  2. Installing Veritas System Recovery 18 Linux Edition
    1. Before you install
      1.  
        System requirements
      2.  
        Installing Fuse
      3.  
        About supported file systems and removable media
      4.  
        When you delay licensing
    2.  
      About upgrading to Veritas System Recovery 18 Linux Edition
    3.  
      Installing Veritas System Recovery 18 Linux Edition
    4.  
      Uninstalling Veritas System Recovery 18 Linux Edition
  3. Backing up a Linux computer
    1.  
      About backing up a Linux computer
    2.  
      Viewing the details of the disk that you want to back up
    3.  
      Performing an independent backup
    4. Scheduling a backup
      1.  
        Viewing the details of existing backup jobs
      2.  
        Recovery point type options
      3.  
        Compression level options
      4.  
        Encryption type options
      5.  
        Scheduling options for starting a new recovery point set (base recovery point)
      6.  
        Scheduling options for creating recovery points (incremental recovery points)
      7.  
        Scheduling options for an independent recovery point
    5.  
      Running an existing backup job
  4. Restoring a Linux computer
    1.  
      About recovering a Linux computer
    2.  
      Starting a Linux-based computer using Veritas Recovery Disk
    3. Recovering a Linux computer
      1.  
        About restoring to empty disk segments
    4.  
      Mounting and unmounting a recovery point for granular file and folder recovery
  5. Creating a Veritas Recovery Disk
    1.  
      About Veritas Recovery Disk
    2.  
      Creating a Veritas Recovery Disk for Linux
  6. Features not supported in Veritas System Recovery for Linux
    1.  
      Windows product features not supported in this release
  7. Troubleshooting Veritas System Recovery Linux Edition
    1.  
      About finding logs for troubleshooting
    2.  
      About using the gatherLogs utility for troubleshooting
    3.  
      About troubleshooting cron services issues
  8. Appendix A. Veritas System Recovery for Linux Utilities
    1.  
      Create Veritas Recovery Disk (createSRD utility)
    2.  
      Backup and Restore (symsr utility)
    3.  
      Granular File Recovery (mount.v2i utility)

Windows product features not supported in this release

This release of Veritas System Recovery 18 Linux Edition includes the functionality to back up and restore Linux computers, partitions, or volumes. Also included is the functionality to create a Veritas Recovery Disk and mount recovery points.

Many features in the 18 for Windows are not included in Veritas System Recovery 18 Linux Edition. The following list identifies the features that 18 for Windows supports, but are not included in Veritas System Recovery 18 Linux Edition.

  • Backup and Restore of Windows system volumes from Linux.

  • Backing up to and restoring from CD and DVD.

  • Backing up to non-mounted network locations including ftp, sftp, and windows shares--CIFS.

  • GUI management tool -- No GUI management tool is currently included with Veritas System Recovery 18 Linux Edition. All functions are performed using command line utilities.

  • Offsite Copy.

  • Backing up individual files and folders.

  • Notification area icons and alerts.

  • Restore Anyware.

  • Virtualization support including physical to virtual conversion.

  • Veritas System Recovery 18 Management Solution for Convert to Virtual tasks.

  • Veritas System Recovery 18 Management Solution for remote recovery of drives or one or more computers using LightsOut Restore.

  • Veritas System Recovery 18 Management Solution for deleting recovery points.

  • Converting to and restoring from vmdk.